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Friday, February 20, 2015

a Dresden block

Welcome to finish it up Friday!

My Gruber's retreat friends and I are doing a quilting bee this year. It's been a few years since I've been a part of a bee and I'm excited to be a part of this one. It's funny, one block per month doesn't seem like that much of a commitment, but the months fly by. (A sure sign that I'm getting old. ha!) February seemed to go especially quick!

This block is for Cindy. She requested a bright colored Dresden block with a black and white center. She will be attaching the blocks to a background, so even if it doesn't LOOK like it's finished, it sure is! This was the first full sized Dresden block I've made. It was fun, but appliqueing the center was tricky since there was very little fabric to attach the circle to for basting purposes. One and a half tries later, the center is attached. Yay! So, a small finish, but a finish nonetheless. I'll take it!

Now it's your turn! Please link up your finishes for the week. Thanks for joining me for finish it up Friday!

Cute! I have had my fabrics cut out for a couple weeks now. I'm excited to finally have time to assemble my block for Cindy this weekend. Should be a fun quilt when she puts it all our blocks together. So happy you were up for doing our new Bee!

When I saw this very pretty Dresden on Flickr, I asked, "What is your secret to your perfect circle center?"Now, I'm even more impressed, realizing your sewed it to the blades alone! Do tell: how did you do that??

Your Dresden block is stunning! And it's not only us quilters that think so because:Your Dresden photo was selected to be on Flicker's Explore - top (something) list. Means it was chosen out of thousands and thousands of pictures (many amateur photographers would die to get on Explore.) Congratulations! It truly is a beautiful picture and a truly gorgeous block. I love all those colors together and the black center sets them all off so nicely.

Love the dresden block. I hadn't made one until a bee member (Rene') requested it and now want to make my own. Showed your post to Cindy Live a Colorful Life when I got this because we're rooming together at QuiltCon and had a blast.

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